Lifta
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Place details
- Locality
- ירושלים | القدس
- Region
- מחוז ירושלים
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lifta
- Settlement.native_name
- لفتا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Lefta
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:חורבות ליפתא - ליד ירושלים.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Depopulated homes of the village of Lifta
- Settlement.etymology
- Lifta, personal name
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Lifta (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 168/133
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jerusalem
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Biblical identification
- Roman and Byzantine empires
- Crusaders
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- 1948 war and depopulation
- Israel
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Arab traditional dress
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|250px|Lifta in relation to Jerusalem in the 1870s thumb|250px|Lifta spring
Lifta (; ) was a Palestinian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist paramilitary forces during the 1948 Palestine war.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lifta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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